"I may not be able to act, but I've been through more than the rice you eat."
Here it comes, a classic sentence used by parents to educate their children - I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice!
Tang Keke explained silently in her heart.
"Zhu Yunlan and I have no grudges against each other. I am just a character without a decision. Even if she is unwilling, she will not insult me in front of you."
"How can someone who can make it in the entertainment industry be so naive?"
"So I guess she came for you, and I'm just a tool." Tang Li said with a smile: "It seems that my guess is quite accurate."
"I can't think so much." Tang Keke shook her head and said, "In the past, Sister Lan always helped me with public relations when something happened. I have never taken precautions before it happened."
"It's a good thing you're here this time, Old Tang, otherwise the Muse Group might have succeeded."
"...Alas, you have been in Muse Group for so many years. Even if you have no credit, you have worked hard. Do they have the heart to destroy you?" Tang Li said in disbelief.
Although she was experienced, she still couldn't understand such behavior of abandoning the donkey after it has done its job.
"Human hearts are ultimately no match for capital and interests. Old Tang, I've been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and I've grown a lot." Tang Keke said, smiling as she took Tang Li's hand.
"I am no longer the little brat who only caused trouble for you but was always forgiven and protected by you."
"Yes." Tang Li responded with some relief: "You are grown up now and have your own ideas."
Not only do I have my own ideas, I also have ideas about you.
Tang Keke thought silently in her heart.
"Okay, let's go change clothes. You made a bet with Zhu Yunlan, so you have to act well, otherwise it will be hard to explain."
"Don't worry, I will definitely convince her." Tang Li said confidently.
She really can't act, or if she were asked to act in other types of dramas, she would never dare to gamble with a professional actor on her acting skills.
But this scene alone was the one she had complete confidence in, because her partner was her own daughter, and in the play, she was also the mother of the heroine.
……
Tang Li and Tang Keke both changed into their costumes and stood among the many staff members.
If Tang Li without the costume looked a bit more plump and majestic like a queen just because of her look, then she became a real queen after putting on the queen's costume.
The moment she walked out of the changing room, the staff present exclaimed.
Even the director Xia Hua was stunned.
As the daughter of the famous director Xia Hai, she has seen countless angelic female stars, but rarely has she seen a girl as suitable for ancient costumes as Tang Li.
She seems to have a temperament that many modern girls do not have.
In this era when women can hold up half the sky, very few girls pursue the gentle and virtuous temperament. This does not mean that modern girls are bad, but that they lack this thing, so they can only "act" it out.
Some people acted so well that they became classics, such as Little Dragon Girl.
Some people fail to act like the characters and are euphemistically called "unsuitable for ancient costumes."
But Tang Li is different. Her gentle and virtuous temperament seems to be innate, just like the eldest daughter of a royal noble family in ancient times. She has a steadiness and confidence that ordinary women do not have, and the reservedness and virtue unique to ladies from noble families.
The moment Xia Hua saw Tang Li wearing the phoenix robe, she was certain that this was the most suitable queen in her mind.
The woman who, for the sake of her daughter, would rather bear false accusations and damage her own reputation than hurt her daughter, and was ultimately forced to fall into her daughter's offensive!
219. Date with Tang Li
On New Year's Day of the 17th year of Dafeng, heavy snow fell for a whole day and night, covering the entire magnificent palace with a layer of white snow.
Queen Luo Xue was wearing an elegant and luxurious coat and walking in the snow-covered back garden. Her light embroidered shoes made a crunching sound as she stepped on the soft snow.
Behind her were two younger maids, who were looking around with curious eyes.
The Queen has been in poor health since she entered the palace. She usually stays in Fengluan Palace and never goes out. She often even finds it difficult to pay her respects to the Queen Mother. Now she is willing to walk out of Fengluan Palace and stroll in the back garden, which really satisfies the curiosity of the maids who have served the Queen for many years.
They were brought into the palace since they were young, but had never seen such a prosperous scene. Even on the coldest winter day, there were still colorful flowers here!
"Empress! Empress! Please walk slower!" One of the maids called out behind Luo Xue.
Luo Xue seemed a little slow. It took her a while to react to the maid's call and she slowly slowed down her pace.
The maid finally caught up with her and said, panting, "My lady, you are very different today than you were in the past."
"How different?"
"Today... you look a little dazed." The maid pondered in her mind for a long time before she uttered this neutral word.
"I think so too! Your Majesty, you are like a fool today!" Another younger maid also said loudly, and then was hit on the head by her companion.
"Ouch! Why did you hit me?!"
The Queen Mother usually treated people in a peaceful manner and had almost no airs, which made the maids around her bolder and they dared to say anything, because the Queen Mother would not blame them anyway.
"You're so talkative." Luo Xue stretched out her delicate finger and poked the maid's forehead, but there was no trace of blame in her tone.
"Oh, by the way, madam, today is the day when His Majesty is selecting his concubines. Don't you want to go and take a look? What if His Majesty invites a vixen in? What will you do?"
Luo Xue was slightly stunned when she heard this, then she shook her head with a smile.
If it was an ordinary selection of concubines, then as the queen she would naturally have to show up. Otherwise, the concubines would fight for the position, and she, the queen, would not be able to sit firmly on the throne.
But the selection of concubines in the Dafeng Dynasty was not an ordinary selection.
Because the Emperor of the Dafeng Dynasty was fond of both men and women, he had frequently selected concubines during the more than ten years since he ascended the throne. There were more than three thousand beauties in the harem, but he had never been to the harem even once. It had long been rumored in the palace that the Emperor had built another harem specifically to support his male concubines.
As for them, they were nothing more than tools used by the emperor to stabilize the civil and military officials in the court.
Nowadays, the custom of polishing mirrors is prevalent in the harem, and the emperor has never done anything about it. As for her, the queen, there is even less way to do anything about it.
After all, compared to the daughters and nieces of the three dukes and nine ministers, she was just a commoner. If the emperor had not insisted on making her the queen, she would not know where she is now.
As for why she was made queen, she understood. It was simply that among those women, she was the easiest to control.
All in all, the emperor was just choosing a concubine, and the final result was just to add a few more "mirror friends" to the palace. She, the queen, had long been coveted by the concubines below. It was good enough for her to be able to protect herself, so why bother about choosing a concubine?
However, the selection of concubines happens frequently, but this is the first time that she is so uneasy.
Luo Xue silently caught a snowflake that fell into her palm, letting the cold touch melt in her palm.
Maybe it's because the palace is too boring and I want to go out for a walk.
She walked silently to the edge of the lotus pond, but was surprised to find that someone had already got there first.
The person turned around, revealing a stunning face that was glowing in the snow, like a fairy from heaven fallen into the mortal world.
The moment she saw that face, Luo Xue's pupils shrank suddenly, as if she saw someone who could not possibly be here.
At this time, the girl by the pool also noticed her, her eyes lit up slightly, and she took the initiative to greet her.
"Hello! Are you from the palace? I am a concubine who came to participate in the selection of concubines, but I am lost in the palace. Can you show me the way?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Xue's hands, which were hidden in her coat, loosened and tightened again, but she couldn't utter a word.
"Hey! Who are you? How dare you be so disrespectful! The one in front of you is the Empress of the Dafeng Dynasty. You, a young lady, have to pay respects to the Empress every day after becoming a concubine!"
"Hey, you are actually the famous Queen! So awesome!" The girl by the pool stared at Luo Xue with curiosity, as if she saw a rare animal.
So the maid got anxious and stopped Luo Xue and said, "Are you looking at a monkey like that? Don't look at the queen like that!"
"I didn't say that, you said it yourself. You are committing a crime against your superiors!" the girl immediately retorted.
Now it was the little maid's turn to be confused. Having lived in the palace since childhood, she could never compare with the smooth talkers from outside. Just a few words made her burst into tears.
"Okay, Xiao Qi, you go down first. I want to talk to this... girl."
"Oh……"
Seeing the maid retreating behind her, Luo Xue once again set her sights on the girl: "What's your name, young lady?"
"My name is Luo Hen!"
"Luo Hen..." Luo Xue smiled slightly: "It's a good name."
The snow falls without a trace... Qingqiu, what are you thinking about?
"Let's go. This is a royal forbidden area after all. It would be bad if we were discovered by the guards. I'll take you out first." Luo Xue said with a smile, but her eyes were full of disappointment. No one knew what she was thinking.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Luo Hen said with a smile. The fairy-like temperament on her body was long gone, as if she was just an innocent girl in seclusion.
However, the moment Luo Xue turned around, the innocence on her face had already disappeared, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"I finally found you... Mother... No, you are the honorable Queen now..."
She stared at Luo Xue's back, her eyes as deep as the abyss.
"Crack!"
"Good good!"
Xia Hua excitedly shook the manuscript behind the camera, as if she had found a treasure.
"I didn't expect you guys to perform so well in the first scene. It really surprised me!"
"Tang Li, you acted the role very well, that feeling of meeting your long-lost daughter but not daring to recognize her and forcing a smile!"
"And you, Tang Keke, you surprised me the most. Your acting skills almost made me think you were a veteran actor!"
"Especially the last look, so good! So good, it's like he wants to press Tang Li into the snow and fuck her hard, it's just his true character!"
Faced with Xia Hua's super straightforward compliments, Tang Keke smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to look at Tang Li at all, for fear that people would see that she was really acting herself.
Tang Li smiled gently, but she was not actually acting. Instead, she was recalling what happened between her and Coco before and after her rebirth, and her emotions suddenly emerged.
How was her relationship with Coco different from the relationship between Luo Xue and Luo Qingqiu in the play?
Perhaps this is what Coco calls immersive acting. She is not playing Luo Xue, but herself.
On the other side, Zhu Yunlan looked at the smiling Tang Li with a complicated expression. If she had looked down on this half-baked person at the beginning, now she had become a pure clown.
To be fair, can she really act out the complex look that Tang Li gave Tang Keke during the filming, which was one of wanting to recognize her but having to endure it?
In the entertainment industry, eye acting has always been an important criterion for measuring an actor's acting skills. If an actor has a dull look in her eyes, then no matter how well she performs her actions and expressions, she will be soulless.
However, nowadays young and handsome men are rampant, and those young and handsome men cannot even be called actors, at most they are called artistes.
The key is that those artists can't even speak their lines clearly, let alone eye acting. They just put on a dead face in front of the camera and say one, two, three, four, five in a flat tone. The rest is left to the post-production and the crazy fans.
Capital is very familiar with this kind of thing called leeks.
Zhu Yunlan believes that she is different from those artistes who only want to make money. She wants to be a real actor, and keeps honing her acting skills for this purpose. However, she is not recognized by the capital because she refuses to compromise. Now she is nearly 30 years old, but is still an unknown 18th-tier star.
If not for this, she wouldn't be so resentful about losing the second female role in this movie.
After seeing Tang Li's acting skills, she could no longer feel resentful or jealous.
Just like a person, if he is only slightly better than the people around him, he will be envied, hated, or even destroyed by others.
But if that person is much stronger than others, then she will be admired, admired and feared.
Looking at Tang Li walking side by side with Tang Keke, she lowered her head and bit her lip. At the moment when Tang Li passed by her, she whispered, "I'm sorry, I lost."
"Your acting skills are indeed better than mine. I am convinced."
"I will not reveal a single word about what happened today to the outside world, and I have never been here."
"sorry."
Tang Li paused, but didn't say anything, just smiled.
After all, Zhu Yunlan was just a tool to complete some conspiracy. When things were resolved, she became an insignificant character.
What we really need to pay attention to is not her, but the power behind her.
Muse Group...
Tang Li's eyes darkened. Even a clay Buddha would get angry, not to mention that the person the other party wanted to frame was her daughter.
"I can see that you are an artist who wants to make achievements, so work hard to improve yourself."
"You will succeed one day. Don't be used as a knife anymore. They will only care about etiquette and won't care about your life or death." Tang Li said, secretly leaving a thorn in Zhu Yunlan's heart.
As for whether this thorn will play a role in the future, she doesn't care.
After all, it was just a casual thing.
……
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